State Is Ready For Trial Of Accused Murderers
Dennis Ray Anderson and Fred Fay Young face a murder trial in Belton for the Jan 5 slayings of Kountze antique dealer Mrs Mable McCormick and her granddaughter Leslie Bowman. Trial set for 9 a.m. Sept 11 in Judge James K. Evetts court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Ray Anderson
Fred Fay Young
James K. Evetts
27Th District Court
Belton
Mable McCormick
Evetts
Edinburg
Young
Preston Smith
Hardin County
Stanley Coe
Bates
Texas Rangers
Silsbee Man Shot Dead as Suspect Charged With Murder
Jesse Cleaver 45 of Silsbee died from gunshot wounds after a late Friday shooting near the Green Hornet lounge on Fresenius Road. Charles Whittle, 23, of Route 4, Silsbee, turned himself in and was arraigned with bond set at 20000. The inquest by Justice of the Peace Ray Martin found death due to gunshot injuries. Cleaver’s funeral was held September 6 at St Beulah Baptist Church with burial at Kirby Cemetery. survived by wife Blanche and parents D V and D V Jr Cleaver along with brothers.
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Silsbee
Fresenius Road
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Jesse Cleaver
Paine
Cleaver
Silsbee Doctors Hospil
W. T
Green Hornet
St. Beulah Baptist Church
Kirby Cemetery
Hart Stud Mill
Evadale
Blanche Cleaver
Port Arthur
Foresters To Hear Sam F Collins In Silsbee Meeting
Southeast Texas Professional Foresters set a Sept 12 gathering at 7 30 p m hosted by Kirby Lumber Corp in its Silsbee office Speaker is Sam F Collins former Texas Legislator and current Assistant General Manager of Sabine River Authority of Texas
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Southeast Texas
Sam F. Collins
Texas Legislature
Sabine River Authority of
Texas
Early Homecoming Parade Entries Spark Enthusiasm in Silsbee
Silsbee High School and Junior High bands Tigerettes and floats from clubs join Jim Rawles Riders and Silsbee Trail Riders as entries for an earlier homecoming parade on Sept 29 30. Theme America and Its Heroes per Roger Ratliff with Hardie County Sheriff Billy Pain overseeing Color Guard. Contact Melinda Cullinan Pope at 385 2335 to enter. no minibikes allowed. Ex-Students Association fundraising led by Pete Farmer Jimmy Jeffrey and Richard Weathersby seeks contributions. Steering Committee meets Sept 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Jim Rawles
Silsbee Trail Riders
Silsbee High School
Hardie
Billy Pain
Ratliff
Melinda Cullinan Pope
Youths Arrested for Thefts in Silsbee
Two juveniles aged 13 and 14 were arrested Aug 30 on burglary charges for breaking into the Keystone Club and a coin operated machine at Odoms Enco service station last month. They were arraigned and released to parents after 3 p.m. last Wednesday. About five dollars was taken from the service station machine and fifteen dollars from the Keystone Club on Aug 17.
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Keystone Club
Odom
Enco
Morris Cole
Sammy Ruggles
Silsbee Police Department
Cole
Auto Theft Charges Filed Against 15-Year-Old
Hardin County officers filed auto theft charges against a 15-year-old Silsbee boy with two additional counts from Jefferson County. The youth was arrested September 2 for stealing a 1970 Ford Maverick from Linda Birmingham. the car was recovered in Nome along with a motorcycle and pickup stolen from their owners. The sheriff said the Sept. 2 thefts involved three incidents and the boy is held in Hardin County Jail for Jefferson County charges of auto theft and felony theft.
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Silsbee
Hardin County
Jefferson County
Hardin
Billy Paine
Linda Birmingham
Paine
Nome
Larry Goynes earns BA in Mathematics at UT Austin
Larry Goynes of Silsbee received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics at University of Texas graduation ceremonies in Austin on August 26. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Goynes of Silsbee and a former Silsbee High School graduate.
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Larry Goynes
Silsbee
University of Texas
Austin
George A. Goynes
Silsbee High School
Hartman visits MIT doctoral candidate from Silsbee
Don Hartman, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral degree candidate, visits this week at his mother Mrs. John S. Hartman’s home in Silsbee. A former Silsbee High athlete, Hartman also graduated from the University of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hartman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John S. Hartman
Silsbee
Silsbee High
Hartman
University of Texas
Last Rites For Mrs. Ethel Curtis Held At 68
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Curtis aged 68 were conducted at 2 p.m. in the Farm er Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Woodrow Brown of Honey Island Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven. She died September 5 at Doctors Hospital in Silsbee after living there 30 years. Survivors include two sons Mark Curtis and Homer Curtis Jr. of Houston and a daughter Mrs. George Sangwin of Silsbee.
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Ethel Curtis
Farmer Funeral Home
Woodrow Brown
Honey Island Baptist Church
Resthaven
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Curtis
Silsbee
Mark Curtis
Homer Curtis Jr
Houston
George Sangwin
Suit Filed Over Fatal Haslem Explosion and Deaths
Paul E. Vanderberg as administrator of Ermine C. Vanderberg's estate sues Farmers Gas Co. of Center and Rite-Care Corp. of Houston for 337609 in a fatal Haslem explosion case. Plaintiffs allege a leaking propane storage tank near U S Highway 84 caused a gas buildup beneath the home killing Ermine Vanderberg and guest Hannah Robinson.
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Paul E. Vanderberg
Ermine C. Vanderberg
Rites Held For Asa Dee Hickman Former Deputy
Asa Dee Hickman 64 of Pine Grove died Sunday at home. He served 30 years as Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy, three years as a Texas Ranger, and four years as a Hardin County deputy. He was a Pine Grove Church of Christ member. Services were 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Corigan Funeral Home. Surviving: wife Georgia Mae Hickman son George A. Hickman Deweyville and sisters Beulah Trotter Rockdale and Francis Metcalf Woodville Okla.
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Asa Dee Hickman
Pine Grove
Jefferson County
de Earteness
Texas
Hardin Countty
Beulah Trotter
Rockdale
Francis Metcalf
Woodville
Okla
Revamped Jesuit Invades Silsbee In Season Opener
Strake-Jesuit travels to Silsbee for a 7 30 p m Friday night opener at Kirby Memorial Stadium. The Crusaders, built around a Wing T, feature a new coach and squad after scrimmages against Sealy and Little Cypress with Greg Schneider and Jeff Polansky key runners and Steve Kamel at quarterback. Silsbee, preseason favored in District 10 AAA, aims to defend depth concerns as Gary Laskoskie misses time with a knee injury.
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Silshee’s
Tigers
Texas
Strake-Jesuit Fighting Crusaders
Houston
Kirby Memorial Stadium
Strake-Jesuit
Fighting Crusaders
Silsbee
Sealy
Little Cypress
Greg Schneider
Jeff Polansky
Steve Kamel
Teen charged in obscene phone calls case in Silsbee
A 16 year old Silsbee boy was charged with making obscene phone calls after a tap on a local telephone line. He was arrested September 4 and released to his parents after juvenile authorities took custody. The sheriff notes penalties for adults can reach up to $1000 fine and one year in jail.
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Silsbee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Paine
The
BEE
Masons To Meet In Silsbee Lodge Call Sept 13
Silsbee Lodge No. 927 plans a called communication at 7 o'clock in the Masonic Temple for B A degree work. Visiting Masons are invited per M D Moore W M with secretary D L Webb. The Tigers open with Bubba McGallion at QB and safety, Mitch Dinkle, Butch Smith, David Moss in the backfield, Rick Welborn center, Yarborough and Grubbs guards, McClusky and Jones tackles, Westbrook at end, Davis on the left. pregame tickets are at the school office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
Bubba McGallion
David Moss
Mitch Dinkle
Butch Smith
Ricky Welborn
James Grubbs
Charles Stanley
Oliver Jones
Kevin McClusky
Bobby Joe Westbrook
Jesse Davis
Buddy Bell
Steve Caraway
Louis Haynes
George Jeffcoat
Tommy Dunnigan
Arthur Rodriguez
Herman Haynes
Strake Jesuit
Jerry Martini
Steve Kamel
Jeff Polansky
Greg Schneider
Mike Kegg
Randy Arbuckle
Mark Sacra
Tom Miller
Jim McLean
Kurt Schoflman
Russell Budnick
Fense Bill Wheeler
Eddie Broussard
John Buvens
Paul Kime
Jim Loughlin
Fred Zagst
Kurt Schoelman
John Curtis
Bill Grenwell
Silsbee Lodge
Masonic Temple
M. D
Moore
W. M
D. L. Webb
Mike Yarborough
Keven McClusky
School Business Office
Re-hearing Denied in Trailer Court Case
Beaumont Court of Civil Appeals denied a motion for re hearing in the City of Silsbee Fred Herron trailer spark suit. The court had reversed District Judge H A Coe's decision on June 29, and plaintiffs have 30 days from Aug 31 1972 to perfect appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.
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Coe
Herrons
Silsbee
Herron
Justice Dies
WWI Veterans to Meet at Barracks 2641
World War I Veterans and its auxiliary hold a regular meeting at 2 30 p m Saturday September 9 at First National Bank John Richardson serves as commander and Mrs L W Belt leads the ladies auxiliary.
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First National Bank
John Richardson
L. W. Belt
Weldon Ashworth Confined to St Elizabeth Hospital
Weldon Ashworth remains hospitalized at St Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Ashworth
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Highway Dept Okays Traffic Study for Silsbee
The Texas Highway Department authorized a four thousand dollar study for Silsbee to pursue TOPICS a federal state local traffic program. Local Engineer Lester Landgraf said the study will assess current patterns and capacity and seek recommendations including removing a US 96 median installing left turn lanes a grade crossing fix for urban Santa Fe tracks and increasing capacity on South Third Street.
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Texas Highway Department
Silsbee
The
Highway Commission
THD
Lester Landgraf
Commission
Landgraf
South Third Street
Fall District Court Docket Opens October 2 1972
Fall term of the 88th District Court begins Monday October 2 with civil trial setting for week one and week two lists including Esteline Forse versus Pompco Inc Annie Ard McGallion versus Oscar McGallion Sam Bashara versus Floyd Karstein and many others. The docket continues into October with second and third weeks listing civil cases for trial on October 9 and October 17 and references to related parties and firms.
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88Th District Court
Esteline Forse
Pompco
Inec
Annie Ard McGallion
Oscar McGallion
Sam F. Bashara
Floyd L. Karstein
C. J. Eason Sr
Johnnie Joe Laskoskie
James D. Dennis
Charlie Dennis
McGraw
al Frankye Williams
Riley
Elwood
Cleo Gore Jr
J. D. Martin
Reichhold Chemical, Inc
Walter Ard
Hattie W. Blackmon
Tony LaveNe
Curry Landers
Metropolitan Life Ins
Vernon O. Lusk
Ben Read
George P. Kirkpatrick
Sun Pipe Line Co
Jim Seymour
R. L Gillespie
Nora Earle Young
W. H. Horton
Ada E. Duke
Otis B. Duke Sr
A. E. Loftin
J. P McKinney Crystal L. Nash
R. I
Nash _ Evans Products Co
Ellis Manufacturing Co. Inc
Martin Arthur Jake Bates
Western Surety Co
James A. Jeffcoat
Dorothy G. Jeffcoat
Harold Lee Engineering Co
Bomb threat at Silsbee High School sought $5000
An anonymous caller warned of a bomb at Silsbee High School last week unless $5,000 was paid to "the Village Creek Bridge." The school evacuated and teachers, aided by Fire Chief Russell Bushy, searched the building. no device was found and classes resumed at 2 p.m.
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Silsbee High School
Silsbee
Land
Village Creek
Sammy Ruggles
Martin Weber
Russell Bushy
John Price
Eighth Grade Grid Season Kicks Off in Silsbee
Silsbee eighth graders coached by Richard Strong and Bevil Deckett begin the 1972 football season Tuesday September 12 at 4 p.m. against Beaumont Crockett Junior High at Price Daniel Field. Regular 21- AAAA schedule lists nine games through November 7 at various venues with 4 p.m. starts.
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Silsbee
Richard Strong
Bevil Deckett
Beaumont Crockett
Price Daniel Field
Crockett
Dunbar
Price Daniel
Memorial
Austin
Marshall
Trojan
Odom
Lincoln
Bowie
MacArthur
Greenie
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McCormick
Kountze
Anderson and Young
Bim Armour
Silsbee Tiger
McNeese State University Cowboys
Armour
Spencer D. Armour Jr
Lake Charles Sgaool
Foresters
Sam Forse Collins
America
Roger Ratliff
Astroworld
Busch Garden
Mrrs
Haslem
Shelby County
Court of
U. S Dist
Joe Fisher
Beaumont
Jesuit
Tiger
Ray McGallion
Lem
McGallion
Gary Laskoskie
Victor
Masons
Sisbee
Trailer Court
WWI
Highway Dept.ok
City of
Fall District Court
Kyle Reeves
Atchinsson, Topeka & Santa Fe RR Co
Arthur Silvernail
Sybil
Bradshaw
Rosa Breaux Et al
Otis
Russell Drilling Co
Dockett
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